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Line 2: [[File:andrejake3_6427.jpg\|frame\|Andre taking out [[Jake Roberts\|Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]]] ~~[[Andre~~'''André the Giant]]''', real name André Rene Roussimoff (Bulgarian: Андрей Рене Русимов; Polish: Andrzej Renat Russimow; 1946-93) was a [[Professional Wrestling\|professional wrestler]] well-known for his impressive size<ref>Billed at 7'4" (224 cm) and around 500 pounds (226 kg), to be precise</ref>. You may also remember him as Fezzik from the [[The Movie\|motion picture adaptation]] of ''[[The Princess Bride (film)\|The Princess Bride]]''. During his tenure in the [[~~WWE~~World Wrestling Entertainment\|WWF]] (or the WWE as it is called now), he was dubbed "The Eighth Wonder of the World" due to his frame, and held a fifteen-year undefeated streak in the company (with the exception of disqualification and count-out losses). One of the most famous matches of his career was against [[Hulk Hogan]] for Hogan's WWF World Heavyweight Championship at ''[[Wrestlemania]] III''. Unfortunately, his great size was due to gigantism, and he suffered intense pain throughout his body, especially as he got older. On January 27, 1993, shortly following his retirement from professional wrestling, he died in his sleep from congestive heart failure. In his honor, the WWF made Andre the first inductee into the company's Hall of Fame, established that same year. Line 32: {{reflist}} [[Category:Professional Wrestling]] [[Category:~~Andre the Giant~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Wrestling]]